Nicolo Bulega won World Superbike Race Two Sunday at Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto, in Spain. Riding his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R, Bulega won the 20-lap race by just 1.793 second

His teammate, Alvaro Bautista was the runner-up.

Toprak Razgatlioglu crossed the finish line third on ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR and became the 2025 World Superbike Champion.

Americans Garrett Gerloff suffered a mechanical issue on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR and didn’t finish the race, and wildcard Bobby Fong finished 19th on his Attack Performance Yamaha YZF R1.

Toprak Razgatlioglu leads the championship with 616 points, 13 ahead of Nicolo Bulega who has 603 points. Alvaro Bautista is third with 337 points.

More from a press release issued by Dorna: 

THIRD TITLE SECURED: Razgatlioglu claims 2025 title with podium finish from tenth, Bulega takes Race 2 win. ‘El Turco’ leaves WorldSBK as a three-time Champion after fighting to a podium finish from the fourth row as Bulega wins Race 2.

Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) is now a three-time MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship after a podium finish in Race 2 at the Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto, Andalucia as Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) won the race to secure a Pirelli Spanish Round hat-trick. The #1 finished third after starting from tenth on the grid as he wrapped up the title in the final race of the season.

TAKING THE TITLE: Razgatlioglu takes third as Bulega wins the race

Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) claimed the lead of the race at Turn 1 ahead of Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) as Bulega went from P1 to P3 on the opening lap, although he got ahead of Vierge on the opening lap before passing Bautista at Turn 6 on Lap 2. When he had clean air, the #11 pulled a gap over his teammate by seven tenths. Meanwhile, Razgatlioglu had climbed from tenth to sixth over the first two laps, making slow but steady progress as he knew he only needed three points to win the title. He took P5 from Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) at Turn 1 on Lap 4 and had put himself in the fight for the podium as Bulega escaped away. The #1 moved into fourth ahead of Vierge at Turn 1 on Lap 6. On Lap 9, he got ahead of Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) to claim third at Turn 6, while Bulega was more than 3.5 seconds ahead of Bautista. Although the Spanish rider closed the gap to 1.8 seconds at the end of the race, Bulega took victory to round out a Jerez hat-trick and secured the Manufacturers’ Championship for Ducati. However, Razgatlioglu’s third-place finish ensured he bowed out of WorldSBK and headed to MotoGP as a three-time World Champion. Bulega took his 20^th WorldSBK victory in Race 2, while Bautista rounded out his Aruba.it Racing – Ducati stint with his 21^st podium of the season, and his 128^th in WorldSBK. Razgatlioglu heads to MotoGP as only the fourth rider to have at least three titles to his name; joining Carl Fogarty, Troy Bayliss and Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha).

THE FIGHT FOR FOURTH RAGES ON: Future teammates take the fight to each other…

Once Razgatlioglu got ahead, the fight for fourth ignited. On Lap 10, Vierge got ahead at Turn 6 before Locatelli responded at Turn 9. The pair were side-by-side through Turn 13 but both ran wide, allowing Lowes to slot in between them before he ran wide at Turn 1, dropping the #22 back into P6. The fight allowed Vierge to build a gap over Locatelli and Lowes to take P4, although ‘Loka’ fought back over the final few laps as the future Yamaha teammates squabbled over fourth, with Locatelli beating the Spanish by 0.098s second. In the final quarter of the race, Andrea Iannone (Team Pata GoEleven) closed up on Lowes after dropping from the front row at the start, although ran wide at Turn 1 on Lap 18 and lost almost a second.

MACKENZIE ROUNDS OUT 2025 ON A HIGH: P8 in Race 2, Lecuona leaves Honda in ninth

Tarran Mackenzie (MGM BONOVO Action) backed up his Tissot Superpole Race P7 with eighth in Race 2, finishing ahead of Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) after maintaining the gap to the Honda rider behind. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) pressurised the #7 throughout the final stages of the race, although didn’t make a move and had to settle for tenth.